I guess I’m a bit of a geek/dweeb. Yeah, I love my mobile devices and gadgets… but I also love sports. Golf is for sure near the top of my list. SO, whenever something hits my radar that combines my love of mobile technology with a sport of choice… I’m all over it! Case in…
Archives for 2010
MyTown for iPhone and iPod Touch Updated to Version 4.0
MyTown, the extremely popular iPhone game played by over 2 million people worldwide has been updated… to version 4.0. If you’ve never heard of or tried MyTown before, it’s basically a location-based social game that allows you to buy and own your favorite stores, businesses and hangouts. Using your iPhone’s GPS, the game will list…
Acer Announces beTouch E120 and E130 Android Phones
Acer has outed two new Android phones at the Computex conference: the beTouch E120 and beTouch E130. The E130 is a traditional, BlackBerry-style candybar, with a 2.6″ 320 x 240 touchscreen, portrait-oriented physical QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 megapixel camera, 416 MHz processor from ST Ericsson, 256 MB of RAM, 512 MB of ROM, and running Android…
BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Coming to Wind Mobile
In their latest promo flyer/brochure/magazine/thing, Wind Mobile has revealed that they’ll be picking up the new BlackBerry Pearl 9100, alongside Bell, Telus, and Rogers who have already begun selling the handset. Such a release was hinted at from the FCC, who approved a version of the Pearl 9100 running on AWS bands, meaning it’ll probably…
BlackBerry OS: Leaks and Official Updates You May have Missed
Good Friday folks. It’s been a little while since I’ve done a BlackBerry OS update / leak post, so I thought I’d do a little roundup of what has happened over the past week or so. Below is a quick roundup of recent OS madness, simply hit each download link to proceed. Official: OS 5.0.0.680…
Bell BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100) Now Available
As we expected, the BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100) is now available on Bell! Pricing is sort of what we expected too. You’re looking at $49.95 on a 3-year deal, $179.95 on a 2-year, $279.95 on a 1-year or you can go off-contract for $329.95. Off-contract for $329.95 you say? You know, that doesn’t sound half…
HP: Don’t Worry, We’re Still Going to Make Smartphones, Honest
Yesterday, HP said they didn’t acquire Palm to get into the smartphone business, and they’ve issued a clarification, for those who read that as “we aren’t going to make smartphones”. When we look at the market, we see an array of interconnected devices, including tablets, printers, and of course, smartphones. We believe webOS can become…
Video: It took 3 years, but Nokia finally did it [N8 demo that shows off pinch to zoom]
With the Apple iPhone turning 3 years old quite soon, and with the newest model expected to be shown off early next week at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, something that everyone has been wondering is when will Nokia reach parity in terms of user experience? This isn’t the opinion of myself, fellow journalists, and mobile…
buzzd v3 comes with aggregated check-ins from popular social networks; Available for the iPhone and BlackBerry
Popular city guide buzzd got a major update – buzzd v3 now aggregates check-ins from popular social networks like Twitter, Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, BrightKite, Loopt and others; giving users a complete view what’s going on in the city in real time! In addition, there are also other improvements such as: Improved “buzzdmeter,” which now tracks…
Cortado Workplace cloud desktop solution now compatible with Android
Cortado is bringing its cloud desktop solution for mobile applications, Cortado Workplace, to the Android platform. The service/application is already used by 15,000 smartphone-ownin’ folks, allowing them to remotely store, access, view and manage documents through their mobile phone, PC or Mac. Cortado Workplace comes with a 1GB online storage space where documents can be…